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Consciousness, philosophy: consciousness ist the experience of differences along with a knowledge about alternatives as opposed to purely automatic responses. See also Intentionality, Identity theory, Other minds, Self-consciousness.
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Güven Güzeldere on Consciousness - Dictionary of Arguments

Metz I, 403f
The consciousness of mental states is perceived as "perception-like" by Locke, Armstrong, Churchland and Lycan. Whereas Rosenthal, Carruthers, Dennett and Descartes perceive it as "thought-like".
>Mental states
, >Internal states, >Thinking, >Thoughts, >Self-knowledge, cf. >Self-consciousness;
>J. Locke, >D. Armstrong, >Paul Churchland, >Patricia Churchland, >W. Lycan,
>D. Rosenthal, >D. Dennett, >R. Descartes.

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Güzeldere I
Güven Güzeldere
"Is consciousness the perception of what passes in the mind?"
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Bewusstein, Thomas Metzinger, Paderborn/München/Wien/Zürich 1996


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